“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
“The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.”
― How to Be Good
― How to Be Good
“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”
― Murder on the Orient Express
― Murder on the Orient Express
“The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere.”
― Gift from the Sea
― Gift from the Sea
“We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives,
Who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.”
― Festus: A Poem
Who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.”
― Festus: A Poem
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